The BEST ANIMATED FILM selection of the 23rd IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
We are delighted to announce the BEST ANIMATED FILM selection of the 23rd IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival!
BEST ANIMATED FILM CATEGORY
10 SECONDS (dir. Chih Hao Shen / China / Croatia / Taiwan / 2026)
A DIVE IN THE GARDEN (dir. Ingrid Pucci / Estonia / 2025)
ALL THIS DEATH (dir. Fadi Syriani / Lebanon / 2025)
BECAUSE TODAY IS SATURDAY (dir. Alice Eça Guimarães / Portugal / 2025)
BEYOND MEASURE (dir. David Ferrier / Australia / 2024)
CAPRICCIO (dir. Gábor Ulrich / Hungary / 2025)
CHIEMNEYSWEEPER (dir. Nastimir Tzatchev / Bulgaria / 2026)
CLUB 127 (dir. Svilen Dimitrov / Bulgaria / 2026)
DOG ALONE (dir. Marta Reis Andrade / Portugal / 2025)
EMPTY CAN (dir. Jinuk Choi / South Korea / USA / 2025)
FAČUK (dir. Maida Srabovic / Croatia / Slovenia / 2025)
HATKER (dir. Alejandro Ariel Martin / Argentina / 2025)
HOW (dir. Marko Mestrovic / Croatia / 2025)
IVAR (dir. Markus Tangre / Norway / 2025)
LAZYBONES THE GIANT (dir. Yassen Grigorov / Bulgaria / 2025)
MIND YOUR STEP (dir. Alina Milkina / Netherlands / 2026)
NEPHILA (dir. Kristian Zahariev / Bulgaria / 2025)
ONCE IN A BODY (dir. María Cristina Pérez / Colombia / USA / 2025)
ONE-WAY CYCLE (dir. Alicia Núñez Puerto / Spain / Portugal / 2025)
PLAYGROUND (dir. Matej Longauer, Richard Domos / Slovakia / 2025)
PLAYING GOD (dir. Matteo Burani / Italy / 2024)
POPLARS (dir. Alexandros Vounatsos / Greece / 2025)
SABA (dir. Liron Topaz / USA / 2026)
SHOES AND HOOVES (dir. Viktória Traub / Hungary / 2024)
SMALL HOURS (dir. Oscar Wyndham Lewis / UK / 2026)
SNAKE SOUP (dir. Zack Demirtshyan / Armenia / 2025)
SPRAY AND PRAY (dir. Veneta Androva / Bulgaria / Germany / 2026)
STRANGE TEEN SPIRIT (dir. Frank Ternier / France / 2025)
SUNDAYS WITH BEATRICE (dir. Hunter Fine / USA / 2025)
SWITCH (dir. Dalibor Rajninger / Bulgaria / 2026)
THE MAGICIAN (dir. Bogdan Muresanu / Croatia / France / Romania / 2025)
THE ROAD (dir. Daniel Ahmakov / Bulgaria / 2025)
VENEZIA DIORAMA (dir. Nicolas Piret / Belgium / 2026)
WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND (dir. Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte / Canada / 2025)
WHO LIT THE MOON? (dir. Maya Bocheva / Bulgaria / 2024)
Thank you all for your film submissions! It was a great pleasure watching your films!
We truly admire all the participants and the immense effort behind these productions. Keep creating, as we hope to see more of your talent soon!
The teams of the selected films can expect an official notification and further details via email. We appreciate your cooperation and can't wait to meet you!
PS: Stay tuned for the selection reveal of the other categories coming soon
